Gayal

Gayal

Taxobox
name = Gayal
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = Bovidae
subfamilia = Bovinae
genus = "Bos"
species = "B. gaurus frontalis"
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Gayal is the domestic gaur, probably a gaur-cattle hybrid breed.

The wild group and the domesticated group are sometimes considered separate species, with the wild gaur called "Bibos gauris" or "Bos gaurus", and the domesticated gayal or mithun (mithan) called "Bos frontalis" Lambert, 1804.

When wild "Bos gaurus" and the domestic "Bos frontalis" are considered to belong to the same species the older name "Bos frontalis" is used, according to the rules of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). However, in 2003, the ICZN "conserved the usage of 17 specific names based on wild species, which are pre-dated by or contemporary with those based on domestic forms", confirming "Bos gaurus" for the Gaur. [International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2003. Opinion 2027 (Case 3010). Usage of 17 specific names based on wild species which are pre-dated by or contemporary with those based on domestic animals (Lepidoptera, Osteichthyes, Mammalia): conserved. Bull.Zool.Nomencl., 60:81-84.]

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